Got back from vacation yesterday, and my kid woke up this morning with a rash all over her back, hands and feet.

At first we thought it was just a sunburn reaction.

Went to Doc today, and, as soon as she walked in she says , "Whulll, that's Hand, Foot & Mouth, alright!"

Anyhow, there is no treatment necessary, as it it pretty common in kids and just runs its course usually in under a week, but she will have to miss the damn first week of school, which is a pain.

Only slightly itchy, and an oatmeal bath relieved that.

That sucks.

Speeps Jr. had it a month ago. Fever lasted maybe 3 days, rash aboot a week.

Stupid kids sucking toes. I told him a girl is supposed to suck his toes. He asked Mom.

I slept in the spare bedroom that night.

Now that explains your disappearance.

one of my kids brought this home from school, and i was unfortunate enough to contract it in the process. that shit is not pleasant - my feet were badly affected, and i missed about a week of work. like most childhood diseases, the older you are, the harder you fall.

I brought Speeps back.

I had chickenpox when I was 14 and wished myself dead at the time. Miserable now preventable disease. THAT SHIT SUCKED. I am now waitng for the shingles but my wife is a nurse and has given me injections to prevent it but I still think I will one day wake up with a rash and then beat the shit out of her uncontrollably.

About 12 years ago,I had adult chickenpox. I'm afraid if I get the shingles shot,I will get shingles. It's a gamble either way.

You missed work because of a rash on your feet?

I had chickenpox when I was 14 and wished myself dead at the time. Miserable now preventable disease. THAT SHIT SUCKED. I am now waitng for the shingles but my wife is a nurse and has given me injections to prevent it but I still think I will one day wake up with a rash and then beat the shit out of her uncontrollably.

thats a disease i never had as a kid, and i talked to my doctor about getting the vaccine when my kids were little. he said he would give it to me, but he wasnt going to advise it. he said the odds of getting the disease from the vaccine was likely higher than contracting it from kids, since kids are vaccinated from it nowadays. my kids are getting older, and so far so good, but the fear of that disease catching up with me one day is always there.